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Rumors of Her Death by Josh Donellan
Whenever I tell someone I’m a writer, the question I’m most commonly asked is: ‘Where do you get your ideas from?’ The question supposes that ideas are phantasmal, evanescent creatures that can be plucked from the aether with the correct combination of lures and...
A Life in Writing: How I Became a Series Writer by Erica Miner
Susan: Another fellow Level Best Books author steps it up on my blog, and what an amazing tale she has to tell about the switch in her life from one career to another. Enjoy! Years ago, I switched from a career as a violinist at the Metropolitan Opera to one as an...
Flawed Characters or Flawed Writing? by Ivanka Fear
As a writer, I create characters. Or perhaps, bits of them already exist in my memories and my everyday encounters, and they need me to piece together the puzzle, bringing them to life as new personalities. Although it’s nice to have a mental image of them as flesh...
In the Family Way
Liz Milliron is a Level Best Books author who writes the Laurel Highlands Mysteries set in southwest Pennsylvania. Featuring a Pennsylvania State Trooper and a Fayette County public defender, the series is up to the sixth book, which comes out on September 19....
Murder in the Jazz Age
I love history, and when you add “mystery” to the description, I’m hooked. I had the opportunity to read Skye Alexander’s latest story, The Goddess of Shipwrecked Sailors, which is now out from Level Best Books. It’s sensational. Set in December 1925, the mystery...
The Unexpected Pleasures of Historical Fiction by Marlie Parker Wasserman
Of the many questions my readers and other writers ask me, my favorite is why I gravitate to historical fiction rather than contemporary topics. My questioners seem awed by the amount of research I undertake. They don’t know my secret. For me, writing historical...